TORONTO, April 5, 2023 /CNW/ - Royal Bank of Canada (TSX: RY) (NYSE: RY) announced today that the nominees listed in the Management Proxy Circular dated February 7, 2023, were elected as directors of Royal Bank of Canada at the Annual and Special Meeting of Common Shareholders held earlier today. The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors are set out below.

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Each of the following 12 nominees was elected as a Director.

Nominee

Votes for

% for

Votes withheld

% withheld

Mirko Bibic

704,831,329

99.28 %

5,086,950

0.72 %

Andrew A. Chisholm

706,846,181

99.57 %

3,072,394

0.43 %

Jacynthe Côté

696,635,526

98.13 %

13,283,049

1.87 %

Toos N. Daruvala

706,252,450

99.48 %

3,666,229

0.52 %

Cynthia Devine

706,271,546

99.49 %

3,647,133

0.51 %

Roberta L. Jamieson

706,458,135

99.51 %

3,460,544

0.49 %

David McKay

706,853,081

99.57 %

3,065,598

0.43 %

Maryann Turcke

673,230,727

94.83 %

36,687,952

5.17 %

Thierry Vandal

699,440,462

98.52 %

10,478,217

1.48 %

Bridget A. van Kralingen

702,349,850

98.93 %

7,568,829

1.07 %

Frank Vettese

706,755,035

99.55 %

3,163,644

0.45 %

Jeffery Yabuki

704,318,026

99.21 %

5,600,653

0.79 %

Final voting results on all matters voted on at the Annual and Special Meeting of Common Shareholders will be available shortly at http://www.rbc.com/investorrelations/annual-meeting-reports.html and will be filed with Canadian and U.S. securities regulators.

In addition, as quorum was not present at the Special Meeting of First Preferred Shareholders of Royal Bank of Canada also held earlier today, this meeting was adjourned to May 2, 2023 in Mississauga, Ontario. Shareholders who have already forwarded proxies to the bank need not do so again. For more information about the adjourned meeting, please visit our website at rbc.com/investorrelations.

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SOURCE Royal Bank of Canada

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